Conservation Technology (EARTH SAVING) with Shah Selbe

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Alie Ward

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4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2018

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

THIS IS UPLIFTING, I PROMISE. And it might just make you switch careers. As a bookend to last week's Oceanology episode, Conservation Technologist Shah Selbe chats about saving the planet with some well-intentioned technology. Wind turbines, solar cars, and all the ways in which sensors, drones, recycled smartphones and real-time data reporting can help conserve species, spaces and communities that are threatened. Hear inspiring tales of travel, art, adventure and putting engineering to good use from a former rocket-science turned professional do-gooder. Also discussed: crocodile astrology, fishing vests and hippo power displays.

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0:00.0	Oh hey, it's your weird lady uncle who sometimes finds Reese's pieces in the pockets of blazers
0:06.6	she hasn't worn it weeks and eats them.
0:09.0	Allie Ward.
0:10.1	Now I'm kind of excited for you.
0:12.2	You get to listen to this episode for the first time.
0:14.4	It's all about to happen.
0:15.8	Now I've already heard the conversation twice, maybe three times now in edits, but you
0:19.9	haven't even heard it once.
0:21.3	And it's amazing.
0:23.0	So it's about the earth and also saving it.
0:26.1	Now in the coming weeks we have episodes about ants and Egyptian mummies and crime and
0:31.9	crow funerals and breast health, but last week's episode was on oceanology and we really
0:37.4	got a glimpse of how sick we've made the seas.
0:41.8	And I heard from a lot of you that it was inspiring and informative, so I thought that
0:45.8	could be the one punch and this is the two punch.
0:48.6	So this week we're following up with another eco episode that's really, really colorful
0:53.6	and adventurous and inspiring and it's gadget driven and it will restore your faith in
0:59.1	the future even more.
1:00.5	I think so.
1:01.5	I hope so.
1:02.5	This one is such a weirdology because it might be one of the newest allergies out there,
1:07.2	but it's also at the intersection of nature and the future and machines and animals and
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